Comparative Political Theory in Time and Place

Theory’s Landscapes

Daniel J. Kapust, Helen M. Kinsella, Daniel J. Kapust, Helen M. Kinsella

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9781137533203
• eBook ISBN: 9781137528155
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Political Philosophy
• Index: Politics & International Relations

This book explores comparative political theory through the study of a range of places and periods with contributions from a diverse group of scholars. The volume builds on recent work in political theory, seeking to focus scholarly attention on non-Western thought in order to contribute to both political theory and our understanding of the modern globalized world. Featuring discussions of international law and imperialism, regions such as South Asia and Latin America, religions such as Buddhism and Islam, along with imperialism and revolution, the volume also includes an overview of comparative political theory. Contributing scholars deploy a variety of methodological and interpretive approaches, ranging from archival research to fieldwork to close studies of texts in the original language. The volume elucidates the pluralism and dissensus that characterizes both cross-national and intra-national political thought.

Table of contents

• Dedication
• Contents
• Chapter 1: Introduction: Theory’s Landscapes
• Chapter 2: The Abbasid ‘Circle of Justice’: Re-reading Ibn al-Muqaffac’s Letter on Companionship
• Chapter 3: Buddhism and International Law
• Chapter 4: Proclaiming Sovereignty: Some Reflections from the Eighteenth-Century Philippines
• Chapter 5: Burke and Paine on the Origins of British Imperialism in India
• Chapter 6: Strategic Deployments: The Universal/Local Nexus in the Work of José Carlos Mariátegui
• Chapter 7: The Jewish Gandhi Question, or, Ich and Swa: Martin Buber and the  Five Minute Mahatma
• Chapter 8: Radical Restorative Justice and the Practice of Listening: Lessons from South Africa
• Index